<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">+1<div><br></div><div>Brian: I think it behooves the community for you to clarify if you are running as an individual representing your interest in OpenID, or if this is motivated by being CEO of JanRain at this point in time. You will continue to hold this community seat even if you leave JanRain. Is that the commitment you are making?</div><div><br></div><div>Nat, Allen, Eran and Eric have also indicated a corporate affiliation. Would the rest of you clarify?</div><div><br></div><div>Myself, I will continue to have an interest and represent the community wether I work at Microsoft or not.</div><div><br></div><div>As some history, David, Scott and Martin have all continued to represent the community and sit on the board even though their employer changed.</div><div><br></div><div>-- Dick</div><div><br><div><div>On 11-Dec-08, at 5:54 AM, David Recordon wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I'm sorry, but I just feel that I need to say something here...<div><br></div><div>This is not an election of companies to the board, it is an election of individuals. Brian Kissel running as an individual for a board seat is one thing, and something that I would support, but time and time again I see indications that Brian is actually running for a board seat for his company JanRain and that does not sit well with me.</div><div><br></div><div>--David</div><div><br><div><div>On Dec 10, 2008, at 6:14 PM, Brian Kissel wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Our blogsite is at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://blog.janrain.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://blog.janrain.com/</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and does support OpenID authentication.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: navy; ">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: navy; "><br>Brian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="color: navy; ">___________</span></b><span style="color: navy; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="color: navy; "><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/10/254" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="text-decoration: none; ">Brian Kissel</span></a></span></b><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="color: navy; ">CEO, JanRain -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b><i><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); ">OpenID-enable your websites, customers, partners, and employees</span></i></b><span style="color: navy; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: navy; ">5331 SW Macadam Ave., Suite 375, Portland, OR 97239<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="color: navy; ">Email</span></b><span style="color: navy; ">:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:bkissel@janrain.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: navy; ">bkissel@janrain.com</span></a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Cell</b>: 503.866.4424 <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Fax</b>: 503.296.5502<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: navy; "> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><i><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); ">Get your FREE OpenID at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.myopenid.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-style: normal; ">myOpenID.com</span></a></span></i></b><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:general-bounces@openid.net">general-bounces@openid.net</a> [<a href="mailto:general-bounces@openid.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">mailto:general-bounces@openid.net</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Peter Williams<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, December 10, 2008 4:30 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:general@openid.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">general@openid.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [OpenID] Today is the beginning of the VOTING PERIOD, be ready to make the best choice.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Dear candidate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Please identify your main blogsite’s main pagesas a URL, to this<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:general@openid.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">general@openid.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>list. Please authorize me to report on whether your blog site supports delivery of an authenticated comment, using openid (1 or 2). I will test it (using myopenid) and report back.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Snorri’s blog, for example, appears to feature 3 vendor-specific ways of logging in to leave him a comment on his blogsite. None of them are (obviously) OpenID powered. It may actually be possible to use an openid, but I could</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>not see how (e.g. an OpenID logo).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a href="http://snorrigiorgetti.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-comments.cgi?__mode=login&blog_id=1&return_url=http%3A%2F%2Fsnorrigiorgetti.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F12%2Fopenid-foundation---the-new-board-election-is-on.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://snorrigiorgetti.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-comments.cgi?__mode=login&blog_id=1&return_url=http%3A%2F%2Fsnorrigiorgetti.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F12%2Fopenid-foundation---the-new-board-election-is-on.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">It’s time for all candidates to act, and be seen clearly to adopt openid. I will not counsel the member I advise to vote for a Candidate who (a) operates a blogsite and (b) that site does not actually prominently feature openid commenting/signin.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">If you have an argument against this position, be free to argue a defense on your blogsite.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:general-bounces@openid.net">general-bounces@openid.net</a> [<a href="mailto:general-bounces@openid.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">mailto:general-bounces@openid.net</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Snorri<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:38 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:general@openid.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">general@openid.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[OpenID] Today is the beginning of the VOTING PERIOD, be ready to make the best choice.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Dear OpenID Community and dear OIDF Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">I am inviting you to read this post on my blog to remind you of the process and importance of voting. Your vote is critical for the future of OpenID in 2009.</span><span lang="FR"><a href="http://snorrigiorgetti.com/blog/2008/12/openid-foundation---the-new-board-election-is-on.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://snorrigiorgetti.com/blog/2008/12/openid-foundation---the-new-board-election-is-on.html</a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Please remember that you can take advantage of the next two weeks to ask questions to the Candidates, just as Eddy Nigg did.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">-Snorri<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><br><br>__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3682 (20081210) __________<br><br>The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.<br><br><a href="http://www.eset.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.eset.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>_______________________________________________<br>general mailing list<br><a href="mailto:general@openid.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">general@openid.net</a><br><a href="http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/general" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/general</a><br></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>general mailing list<br><a href="mailto:general@openid.net">general@openid.net</a><br>http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/general<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>